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Kuruthi packs a minute study of the philosophy behind today's society in this home invasion cum action thriller.
Kuruthi starts with quite a silent journey with just sounds of the surrounding. You can see the characters interacting with each other and it takes you a while to understand the relationships because of the deliberate disorientation in that scene. But slowly you start to make head and tail of things. Ibrahim (Rohsan Matthew) lives in quite a forested isolated area with his father Moosa (Mamukkoya), and his brother, Rasool (Naslen K Gafoor). Their neighbor Sumathi (Srinda) and her brother, Preman (Manikandan Achari) help them out as Ibru's family suffered a horrific loss and is still struggling with sadness and resentment.
The bang comes when their quiet lives away from the world are disrupted with the entry of an injured police officer (Murali Gopy) who barges in with a man accused of murder, in handcuffs. The accused is a Hindu extremist who's charged with the murder of an old Muslim man. While Ibru and his family are trying to make sense of this home invasion, a Muslim extremist, Laiq (Prithviraj Sukumaran) enters because he has vowed to kill him. And when an isolated world balancing peace within itself is pitted against reality, the layers start to peel off and what has festered inside starts to rise up to the surface.
Kuruthi in Malayalam means “the holy slaughter” and with that in mind, this film in its two-hour course slaughters relationships, an ancestral home, notions of religion, faith, and of course, human beings. Though throughout the film both ideologies of Hindu and Muslim are pitted against each other, yet the film never ends up promoting one over the other or choosing a side between the two. The film with its ideological clash asks a very important question about what will you do if you are pitted against such ideologies? It's easy to sit in our homes and debate about all of this but when faced with such a reality what would we choose?
Anish Pallyal with his screenplay and Manu Warrier with his direction have constructed the film so tightly with metaphors, expositions, play with silence, and background scores that it holds your attention until the end. The cinematography and editing by Abhinadhan Ramanujan and Akhilesh Mohan make sure that the tight location doesn't bring out repetitive visuals and the tension is maintained throughout. What uplifts the film, even more, is the performances given by each of these actors. Roshan Matthew is a pure gem as an innocent man having doubts in his faith, he struggles to do the right things while Prithviraj Sukumaran comes in full stride embodying an ideology as a person. Others like Srinda, Mamukkoya, Murali Gopy, Naslen K Gafoor shine out through their layers. In a very Inglourious Basterds style, this film focuses your attention towards the reality of our society today warped with religion, faith, and ideologies and what happens when you are pitted against them.
But enough from us let's see what the Janta is saying about the film!
#Kuruthi : This is what you can call a thriller, fabulous, watch it !🤯👌 pic.twitter.com/QehhFKoZ2l
— Valimai Bressonth (@prasanth93270) August 21, 2021
Brave movie #Kuruthi
— ಪ್ರದೀಪ* Pradeep ದೊಡ್ಡ ತಿಮ್ಮನ ಪಾಳ್ಯ (@pradeepgowdas) August 22, 2021
it's a mirror for the extremist ideologies
An eye for an eye makes the world go blind pic.twitter.com/YrxCZSoLVy
Religious emotions playing throughout the film. Mankind's worst creation is Religion.
— zlatan sulthan (@asraffsulthan) August 20, 2021
Brave Brave Attempt 🔥#Kuruthi pic.twitter.com/I5o8Wdca8t
#Kuruthi, an intriguing thougt provoking thriller, ' Man may die but hate lives on.. Slaugtering a human by another human for baseless and fictional things is really wondering. Are we progressing or regressing? Will it end or grow like dichotomous branching in the days ensuing. pic.twitter.com/xDqEG7PbAF
— JanardhanKotharu (@Janapreetham) August 23, 2021
Mamukkoya As Moosa Khader In #Kuruthi
— 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐃 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲™ (@trolldcompany) August 19, 2021
Indrans As Oliver Twist In #Home
SHOWSTEALERS ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/k8VKSBwxGN
Hate, Revenge in the name of religion @PrithviOfficial the performance is fabulous 👌👌🔥 @roshanmathew22 is too good
— Pirarthana💜 (@pirarthana_) August 22, 2021
A revenge thriller with well written twists
Brave Attempt🔥
Must watch film #Kuruthi
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#Kuruthi - a relatable thriller focused on present days hatred and this ending scene means alot.
— Manoj Das (@HeCanThink) August 24, 2021
South indian industry doing experiments like freaks... More power to you guys! pic.twitter.com/YzFNKeDOJT
Love this. 😁 #Kuruthi pic.twitter.com/WWqi0VnNM3
— Shaki (@fsharkz) August 23, 2021
A new regional movie on cards and I jumped upon it without thinking much. For me #Kuruthi is the best movie of 2021. It’s difficult to overcome it. Intense thriller with such a subtle theme and power-packed performances. If you miss it, it’s your loss…. pic.twitter.com/KOu2O6KJoF
— Biswajit 😷 💉 (@biswa_87) August 23, 2021
#Kuruthi - After the Tiring max 30 mins 😴 Film shifted to top gear 🔥 ( Right from Murali Gopi entry to Climax ). Prithiviraj and mamukkoya 🔥🔥🙏.
— விக்னேஷ் villain™ (since 1997) (@Vigneshcdm1) August 17, 2021
Roshan Mathew did good.Others decent. Bgm and camera top class 🔥👌
Bold take on religious murders happening across the country pic.twitter.com/aQYnfD6xhJ
Watched #KuruthiOnPrime
— KARTHIK (@Karthik_t_p) August 19, 2021
In one word "Mass Thriller"...
Powerful performance by the entire cast 🔥🔥. Especially @PrithviOfficial and @roshanmathew22 characters stands out perfectly. #kuruthi#AmazonPrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/0e4Dw1Na0V
Other than the fact that @PrimeVideoIN are giving out top quality Malayalam Movies, they are also bringing more appreciation towards much senior Malayalam Actors, really nice thing to see❤️#SooraraiPottru | #Malik #Home | #Kuruthi pic.twitter.com/rr6wFbLezU
— × Sɪᴅᴅнαятн🌬️ × (@21ddharth) August 20, 2021
#Kuruthi - 9/10. Wow. Just Wow. Kudos for sheer guts and an attempt to address something that's so important right now! @PrithviOfficial - Huge respect for you dude. In an era where stars can't get out of their stereotypes, you dared to go where so few go and with aplomb! Kudos!
— Anima Mital (@misfit208) August 22, 2021
Watched Kuruthi yesterday & I must say it's a brilliantly made film with great acting, direction & superb background music. @PrithviOfficial @roshanmathew22 well done. Wonderful to see Malayalam films going through a very high at the moment. #Kuruthi #MalayalamCinemaAtItsBest
— Sachin Koshy (@sachinkoshy) August 24, 2021
The Malayalam films continue to blow my mind, film after film, and now #Kuruthi gets added to that list. 🔥
— Rohit M Thakur || RTH24 (@rth_24) August 20, 2021
This film is filled with meaningful reiterating dialogues even though the scene is pretty explanatory in itself yet it will leave something with you. Directed by Manu Warrier, Written by: Anish Pallyal, Cinematography by: Abhinadhan Ramanujan, Edited by: Akhilesh Mohan. Includes cast like Roshan Mathew, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Murali Gopy, Shine Tom Chacko, Srindaa, Mammukoya, and more. Kuruthi, a home invasion that quickly turns into an action thriller is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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